Loring v. Dunning & Palmer
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Putnam county. The complainants, Dunning & Palmer and F. S. Selover •& Co., filed, August 15, 1874, a hill in chancery against Sophia R. Carr, John' T. Carr and James W. Allen, then lately partners doing business in St. Johns county, under the firm name of B. E. Carr & Co., and James Burt, trustee, George Burt and Caleb W. Loring in behalf of themselves and other creditors of B. E. Carr & Co. The bill alleges that Dunning & Palmer on June…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Putnam county. The complainants, Dunning & Palmer and F. S. Selover •& Co., filed, August 15, 1874, a hill in chancery against Sophia R. Carr, John' T. Carr and James W. Allen, then lately partners doing business in St. Johns county, under the firm name of B. E. Carr & Co., and James Burt, trustee, George Burt and Caleb W. Loring in behalf of themselves and other creditors of B. E. Carr & Co. The bill alleges that Dunning & Palmer on June 6th, A. D., 1873, recovered a judgment against the defendants, B. E. Carr & Co., in the Circuit Court of Duval County,…
1Opinion of the Court
The Ciiief-Justioe
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a creditor’s bill by Dunning and others against Mrs. Sophia E. Carr and others, judgment debtors, and Caleb W. Loring, grantee, of certain property which the complainants seek to subject to the payment of their judgment. Loring alone answers the bill.
The answer alleges that by the articles of copartnership between Mrs. Carr and her copartners, she was a special partner and not liable for the debts of the firm beyond the sum of three thousand dollars, according to the statute regulating partnerships. Premising that if these facts…
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